Rogers v. Commissioner of Correction

Opinion

BEAR, J.

The petitioner, Anthony W. Rogers, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court denying his motion for summary judgment on the ground of the alleged ineffective assistance of his appellate counsel and granting in part the cross motion for summary judgment filed by the respondent, the commissioner of correction, on the ground of lack of prejudice.1 On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court erred in holding that even if his appellate counsel adequately had briefed the issue of the alleged improper joinder of two of his pending cases on direct appeal of his *208criminal…